Newton: What’s in the package? We heard that there were some Natural Balance Platefulls on the way from Chewy.com for us to sample. Is this it?

Hurry, hurry, before Pierre or Ashton wakes up. I don’t want to have to share with them!

Do I have to pick just one? They all look so good!

Umm… oops. Okay, how about the Turkey, Chicken and Duck flavor?

The first ingredients on the label for this food are turkey broth, turkey, chicken liver, duck, and chicken. No mystery meat. They also contain no corn, soy, or wheat. Also, no carrageenan, which is hard to find.

Newton: Hey, who invited you, Pierre? Get your own plate!

Ashton: Too bad this isn’t smell-o-vision. This Chicken and Salmon Forumula in Gravy is amazing.

At Newton’s request, Pierre got his own plate of Chicken and Giblets Formula in Gravy, and soon, there was nothing but the steady slurping sound of happy cats eating.

Newton won a special award as messiest eater. This illustrates why he usually eats from a much deeper bowl.

Pierre: Are you going to finish that?

Everyone: I want to taste yours. Switch bowls!

The Natural Balance Platefulls were a hit. We’re still in the process of transitioning from a dry food diet to a soft food diet, and this is a lot more than we usually eat at a sitting. We ate most of the three packets we had during the taste test, and we liked them so much, we will have to paw wrestle to see who gets the fourth one for breakfast tomorrow.

These are also packaged in handy plastic packets instead of cans. While our paws can’t open either one, cats like us who live in hurricane-prone areas and and have evacuation kits will benefit from having these lightweight packets instead of cans.

Overall, we give the Natural Balance Platefulls six paws up! Thanks for introducing us to these, Chewy.com!

Disclaimer: This food was provided to us free of charge for review purposes, but the opinions are our own.

The The Natural Pet Company asked if we would like to review their cat toys and catnip, and since we are experts on both toys and catnip, we said we would love to try them out.

Newton and Pierre: What’s this?

Pierre: It smells like catnip… maximum strength.

Pierre: Yessssss!

Newton: It smells good. But how do open it? I don’t have thumbs.

Newton: Ooooh… new toys? For me?

Photographer: Wait, wait, I want a photo of —

Newton: ARGH! No waiting! This is awesome!

Newton: It has a string, and I’m going to undo it since you’re so slow!

Strangely, the string wasn’t threaded through the end of the stick.

Newton: It wasn’t my fault!

It was easy to thread through and tie into a simple knot, whether it was Newton’s fault or not.

Newton: Mine!

Pierre: This has feathers! I’m giving it the bitey!

Newton: The toy package also contained this thing that had ribbons on it. Ribbons! And a bell! OMC!

Pierre: And there was a mouse made all out of stuff that feels like the sisal on my cat tree. This thing rules!

Newton: I’m not sharing!

Newton: Wait, what are you doing to the toy with the ribbon. Ooh, that smells good…

Newton: I thought this toy was good before. Now it’s just dreamy.

Pierre: I admit it. I inhale catnip. A lot.

Ashton: This was so tempting even I came out of scaredy-cat hiding to play with it!

Newton: If there’s catnip in the air, there it must be time for a smackdown!

The toys and catnip from The Natural Pet Company were a real success, and as you can see, everybody enjoyed them. The toys were a lot more durable than they looked at first glance, which we appreciate, since we are kind of rough with toys. Thanks to the Natural Pet Company for the opportunity to give them a test drive. We’ll be getting a lot more fun play time out of these toys and catnip!

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Disclosure: The Natural Pet Company provided toys and catnip for review, but all opinions are our own.